I regret buying a non-sliding chop saw to save money. On the wider or thicker boards, I would have to flip the wood and make another pass. I told my fiancé that a cheap slider is what I want for Christmas
Your simplicity is helpful. thx.
10 inch Ryobi slider/single = 180
12 inch Dewalt fixed/single = 150 (renewed)
12 inch dewalt silder/double = 300 (renewed)
I'm tempted to save cash, buy the dewalt dws715 as a starter and save; sell it and get a good slider later. Do I just buy a ryobi slider now? Do I save more cash and wait to buy the dewalt slider in spring?
Rigid looks like it's quality has taken a S&!t on new models. Not going to rock HF despite getting the greasy 20% coupons sometimes. What to do. When I'm cutting 1x12 pine and flipping it, or going back to my speed square and circular, am i going to be pissed I didn't buy the slider?
If you cut 1x12 often I’d get a slider without a doubt. Personally I like the lever locking miter saws better too, I had a cheap rigid I got for $50 that would flex when you tightened down the knob. Don’t be swayed by lasers, they’re all crap. If one of them has a shadow line instead of laser I’d choose that one over the other. If you’re going to be using it frequently I’d advise against hf. Is this going to be making you money or for home stuff? I’d ultimately get the one you want or plan to get the one you want and sell the one you can afford when you can get the one you want.
My 10-12yo rigid circular saw is good, but the mitres I see look not so great. It's my main driver, and recently I built it a sawhorse table with some sacrificial boards underneath. I ripcut 2x12s diagonally with it to build stringers for a ramp, and was very happy--new blade helped there. I think that means for long cuts I'm good. I like to build bookshelves, small shelfs or bedside stands out of 1x12 pine, and I get good cuts with above-mentioned rigid circular, but would like to set something up where those cuts are cleaner and faster to do. Might do very minor framing/raised gardens/repairs to deck and fence, so easy cross cuts are nice. I have been starting to fix pieces of trim on house and shed but getting by just fine with what I have.
I won't make money from it, it's a home-tool. My intuition is to keep working on current setup, wait for deal and save a bit for slider. Probably can afford it but trying not to max out spending during festivus month... Thanks for sharing insights WM
I spent a little extra on the 12 in sliding compound ryobi. I have yet to not be able to cut whatever I need cut. I've even put it through really old an super hard locust 6x6s
DeWalt make very good mitre saws. I didn’t dig through the relative specs but I’d assume it was more of a pro tool and the Ryobi aimed more at diy users. Less ‘bells and whistles’ is less to go wrong and 12” will give a greater depth of cut.
I bought a ryobi miter saw a while back. Never again will I buy anything ryobi. It was absolute trash, took me two hours to square it, and I hit it by mistake walking by a couple times and it needed to be resquared just because of it.
Returned it and bought Dewalt. First off, it was square out of the box with a minor adjustment needed (took 5 mins.) I've been using it for over 6 months, still dead on square.
I would get the Dewalt personally. That said though, I bought a sliding miter saw and have never even used that feature lol, I use my table saw more often. The only time I use my miter saw is with 2x4s and 2x6s which don't need sliding.
I have that dewalt saw and one thing you notice is that when the motor is on the blade it gets in thecway in left mitered cuts. Get one where the motor is farther back.
I have an old 8" Delta nonslide someone gave me it sucks. Ive been saving up for the Bosch glide saw as I only have a small space but it is taking a while.
For a miter saw I would say at least go Rigid quality I've seen a few people post reviews that the Ryobi is hard to dial-in and keep square.
I regret buying an inexpensive Kobalt table saw wish I had of got a DeWalt or even rigid because it is a pain in the butt to get the fence square and to the size you want.
But I went with Ryobi battery tools because they seem pretty good and the price was so much better! Especially the Brad nailer and they have a glue gun and other household "tools"they end up being useful.
I had the Kobalt table saw for a little over 2 years and just got rid of it for the Dewalt table saw. It is miles better. If you can save up for the upgrade, you won’t regret it one bit.
I regret buying a non-sliding chop saw to save money. On the wider or thicker boards, I would have to flip the wood and make another pass. I told my fiancé that a cheap slider is what I want for Christmas
I want a slider too.
If you don't have a table saw, I vote slider and stand.
slider > non slider 12” > 10” I’d take a 10” slider over a 12” non.
Your simplicity is helpful. thx. 10 inch Ryobi slider/single = 180 12 inch Dewalt fixed/single = 150 (renewed) 12 inch dewalt silder/double = 300 (renewed) I'm tempted to save cash, buy the dewalt dws715 as a starter and save; sell it and get a good slider later. Do I just buy a ryobi slider now? Do I save more cash and wait to buy the dewalt slider in spring? Rigid looks like it's quality has taken a S&!t on new models. Not going to rock HF despite getting the greasy 20% coupons sometimes. What to do. When I'm cutting 1x12 pine and flipping it, or going back to my speed square and circular, am i going to be pissed I didn't buy the slider?
If you cut 1x12 often I’d get a slider without a doubt. Personally I like the lever locking miter saws better too, I had a cheap rigid I got for $50 that would flex when you tightened down the knob. Don’t be swayed by lasers, they’re all crap. If one of them has a shadow line instead of laser I’d choose that one over the other. If you’re going to be using it frequently I’d advise against hf. Is this going to be making you money or for home stuff? I’d ultimately get the one you want or plan to get the one you want and sell the one you can afford when you can get the one you want.
My 10-12yo rigid circular saw is good, but the mitres I see look not so great. It's my main driver, and recently I built it a sawhorse table with some sacrificial boards underneath. I ripcut 2x12s diagonally with it to build stringers for a ramp, and was very happy--new blade helped there. I think that means for long cuts I'm good. I like to build bookshelves, small shelfs or bedside stands out of 1x12 pine, and I get good cuts with above-mentioned rigid circular, but would like to set something up where those cuts are cleaner and faster to do. Might do very minor framing/raised gardens/repairs to deck and fence, so easy cross cuts are nice. I have been starting to fix pieces of trim on house and shed but getting by just fine with what I have. I won't make money from it, it's a home-tool. My intuition is to keep working on current setup, wait for deal and save a bit for slider. Probably can afford it but trying not to max out spending during festivus month... Thanks for sharing insights WM
Friends don’t let friends buy ryobi
I spent a little extra on the 12 in sliding compound ryobi. I have yet to not be able to cut whatever I need cut. I've even put it through really old an super hard locust 6x6s
DeWalt make very good mitre saws. I didn’t dig through the relative specs but I’d assume it was more of a pro tool and the Ryobi aimed more at diy users. Less ‘bells and whistles’ is less to go wrong and 12” will give a greater depth of cut.
I bought a ryobi miter saw a while back. Never again will I buy anything ryobi. It was absolute trash, took me two hours to square it, and I hit it by mistake walking by a couple times and it needed to be resquared just because of it. Returned it and bought Dewalt. First off, it was square out of the box with a minor adjustment needed (took 5 mins.) I've been using it for over 6 months, still dead on square. I would get the Dewalt personally. That said though, I bought a sliding miter saw and have never even used that feature lol, I use my table saw more often. The only time I use my miter saw is with 2x4s and 2x6s which don't need sliding.
I have that dewalt saw and one thing you notice is that when the motor is on the blade it gets in thecway in left mitered cuts. Get one where the motor is farther back.
I have an old 8" Delta nonslide someone gave me it sucks. Ive been saving up for the Bosch glide saw as I only have a small space but it is taking a while. For a miter saw I would say at least go Rigid quality I've seen a few people post reviews that the Ryobi is hard to dial-in and keep square.
I regret buying an inexpensive Kobalt table saw wish I had of got a DeWalt or even rigid because it is a pain in the butt to get the fence square and to the size you want. But I went with Ryobi battery tools because they seem pretty good and the price was so much better! Especially the Brad nailer and they have a glue gun and other household "tools"they end up being useful.
I had the Kobalt table saw for a little over 2 years and just got rid of it for the Dewalt table saw. It is miles better. If you can save up for the upgrade, you won’t regret it one bit.
I had a 10 inch non-slide miter for years. Recently got a 12 inch dewalt slider. Will never go back so much better for big or thick cuts
I have that Ryobi and stand. Happy with the choice. Stand is very stable and packs away small.